It's For Your Soul
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It's For Your Soul
It's For Your Soul
16 Rejoice evermore.
17 Pray without ceasing.
18 In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.
19 Quench not the Spirit.
20 Despise not prophesyings.
21 Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.
22 Abstain from all appearance of evil.
23 And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
24 Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it.
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23 And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
the soul… psych-e - soul, life
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the immaterial part fo a person which is the actuating cause fo an individual life; the site of all the physiological faculties (such as the heart, mind, and conscience).
The inner man
The hidden person...
The essence of self
The Christian life is not just about eternity, it is also about living your life successfully on this side of eternity...
we are now within the recesses of time - but the day is coming when we will be outside the confines of time… the finite for the infinite.
eternity
eternal
forever… and… forever
but we are not there yet...
How do we deal with the issues that we carry today?
the pressures
the problems
sin and it’s struggles
The weights and worries of life...
the unknowns
the “what if’s”
tomorrow’s
we live in a world that is ever changing...
The circumstances
The situations
The successes and the failures...
The rules - that keep on changing:
The President
The supreme Court
The Senate and the House
The Governors - hopefully we will be getting a new governor - one that believes in the constitution and the laws of the land - not a dictatorship… - Vote on Tuesday -
Vote yes on the recall...
The media and it’s ruling class - 1 loud - hateful - liberal agenda
And here we are… living in a day when we feel out numbered - just like Elijah -
This morning, we are going to look at several aspects of our soul… I pray that we will be helped and strengthened as we deal with the realities we all deal with in the quiet times of life.
It's For Your Soul
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Pray:
A Lost Soul
16 And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:
17 And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?
18 And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods.
19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
20 But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?
21 So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
There are so many blessings in this life
for the saved
for the unsaved
The Lord is good to everyone -
45 That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
A Fearful Soul
6 The Lord is on my side; I will not fear: What can man do unto me?
injustices
injuries
persecutions
pressures
problems
Abuses of power
Injuries that this causes...
Joseph -
sold as a slave
maligned - falsely accused
Imprisoned
Daniel & 3 Hebrew boys -
captured and taken as slaves
made eunuchs - physically altered
changed -
country
language
identity
12 Forasmuch as an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and shewing of hard sentences, and dissolving of doubts, were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar: now let Daniel be called, and he will shew the interpretation.
17 This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men.
Our Sovereign God knows our predicament...
Our uncertainty
Our fears
they are real…
I am not minimizing them at all - but what I am saying is that the Lord know’s what He is doing...
What He choses to allow in the life of His children is up to Him...
5 When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.
6 Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands.
7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
5 Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
6 So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.
15 Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.
16 And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.
17 Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.
18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.
19 We love him, because he first loved us.
A Prosperous Soul
2 Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.
16 Rejoice evermore.
17 Pray without ceasing.
18 In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.
19 Quench not the Spirit.
20 Despise not prophesyings.
21 Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.
22 Abstain from all appearance of evil.
23 And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Rejoicing - vs 16
Praying - vs 17
Thanking - vs 18
Spirit led - vs19
Receptive to God’s word - vs 20
a representative declaration of the mind, will or knowledge fo God - especially concerning past, present, or future manifestations of his will
Growing - vs 21
abstaining - vs 22
The result is that the Spirit of God will mature us and make us useable for His cause and His Kingdom...
The:
Instruction
Correction
Direction
Reproof
Insight
Expectation… it is all for our soul...
When our soul is in a good place, our spirit can be in a good place - and when our soul and spirit are in a good place - it helps our body to be in a good place...
We are a 3 part being - and when all three are yielded and following the Lord - our influence and impact will be phenomenal...
23 And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
24 Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it.
It’s for your Soul...